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Article: Variants of the elongator protein 3 (ELP3) gene are associated with motor neuron degeneration

TitleVariants of the elongator protein 3 (ELP3) gene are associated with motor neuron degeneration
Authors
Issue Date2009
PublisherOxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/
Citation
Human Molecular Genetics, 2009, v. 18 n. 3, p. 472-481 How to Cite?
AbstractAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a spontaneous, relentlessly progressive motor neuron disease, usually resulting in death from respiratory failure within 3 years. Variation in the genes SOD1 and TARDBP accounts for a small percentage of cases, and other genes have shown association in both candidate gene and genome-wide studies, but the genetic causes remain largely unknown. We have performed two independent parallel studies, both implicating the RNA polymerase II component, ELP3, in axonal biology and neuronal degeneration. In the first, an association study of 1884 microsatellite markers, allelic variants of ELP3 were associated with ALS in three human populations comprising 1483 people (P = 1.96 × 10-9). In the second, an independent mutagenesis screen in Drosophila for genes important in neuronal communication and survival identified two different loss of function mutations, both in ELP3 (R475K and R456K). Furthermore, knock down of ELP3 protein levels using antisense morpholinos in zebrafish embryos resulted in dose-dependent motor axonal abnormalities [Pearson correlation: -0.49, P = 0.83 × 10-12 (start codon morpholino) and -0.46, P = 4.05 × 10-9 (splice-site morpholino), and in humans, risk-associated ELP3 genotypes correlated with reduced brain ELP3 expression (P = 0.01). These findings add to the growing body of evidence implicating the RNA processing pathway in neurodegeneration and suggest a critical role for ELP3 in neuron biology and of ELP3 variants in ALS. © 2008 The Author(s).
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/59729
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2023 Impact Factor: 3.1
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.602
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Funding AgencyGrant Number
Medical Research Council (UK)
Motor Neurone Disease Association
University of Leuven
Belgian government
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The National Institutes of Neurological Disease and Stroke
National Institute on Aging
Al-Athel ALS Research Foundation
ALS Therapy Alliance
ALS Research Foundation
Medical Research Council (MRC) Clinician Scientist Fellow
GKT PhD Studentship
Marie Curie Excellence Grant
Medical Research Council
Funding Information:

This work was supported by the Medical Research Council (UK) to A.A.-C.; ALS Association to A.A.-C. and R. H. B.; Motor Neurone Disease Association to A.A.-C.; University of Leuven to W. R.; the Belgian government (Interuniversity Attraction Poles Programme 6/43-Belgian State-Belgian Science Policy) to W.R.; VIB to W.R. and P.V.; the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research to W.R.; the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to H.R.H.; The National Institutes of Neurological Disease and Stroke to R.H.B.; the National Institute on Aging to R.H.B.; the Al-Athel ALS Research Foundation to R.H.B.; the ALS Therapy Alliance to R.H.B., the Angel Fund to R.H.B.; Project ALS to R.H.B.; and the Pierre L. de Bourgknecht ALS Research Foundation to R. H. B. For much of this work, A.A.-C. was a Medical Research Council (MRC) Clinician Scientist Fellow and C.L.S. was funded by GKT PhD Studentship. P. S. and H.R.H. were supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. W.R. was supported through the Evon Behring Chair for Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders. P.V. was supported through a Marie Curie Excellence Grant. Funding to pay the Open Access Charge was provided by the Medical Research Council.

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